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AllBOKETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



a£ 4. A. telone'nsis Dec. The Toulon Adenocarpus, 



Jdeniiflcation. Dec. Fl. Fr. Suppl., 54., 'Lig. Mem., 6., Prod., 



<■>. p. 158. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 158. ^ . .r 



Si/nimynies. Cytisus teloii^nsis Lois. Fl. Gall., 446., and in N. ^ 



Dit Ham.i 5. p. 155.; .Sjiartium complicitum Oouan Hort. " 



ilonsp., •556 , exclusive of the synonyme. 

 Engravings. N. Du Ham., 5. t. 47. f. 2. ; and ourfg. 29/. 



S/jec. Char., S^-c. Ciilyx not glandulose, pubes- 

 cent; the segments on the lower lip nearly 

 equal, exceeding a little the upper lip in length. 

 Branches almost glabrous. Flowers distant. 

 Standard pubescent. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 158.) 

 A native of sterile places and heaths in the 

 Pyrenees, in Cevennes, in Provence, and in 

 Rome. A shrub, between 2 ft. and ■* ft. high. 

 Introduced in 1800, and flowering in June and 



July. It well deserves a place in British gardens; where, when judiciously 

 treated it will, owing to the moisture of our climate, attain double the 

 height that it does in the south of France. 



Ann. i. Half-hardy Species of Adenocarpus. 



A frankenii'XAes, Cliois.,Dcc. Prod., 2. p. 158. ; Genfsta visc6«a UilUI. ; is a native of Teneriffe, or. 

 declivities 'MM\. above the level of the »ca. Introduced in 1815, and flowering from April to July. 

 It is commonly kept in frames; but, in a dry, airy, and yet sheltered situation, it will doubtlets 

 stand the open' air. It is usually confounded in gardens with A. foliol6sus ; from which it differs in 



*.^"/'o//of(>s«s Dec.,'ci,tisus foliolbsus Ail, is a native of the Great Canary Island. Introduced in 

 1629 ■ and a very old inhabitant of cold-pits and frames; flowering from May to July. 



Gi:nus X. 



I — at_ 



ONO'NIS L. The Restii.xrrow. Lin. Si/d. Monadelphia Decandria. 



Identifkation. Lin. Gen.. No. 863. ; Lam. HI., t. 616. ; Dec. Prod.. 2. p. 1.58. ; Don's Mill 2. p 15S. 

 Synonymcs. Anbms and .Vatrix .V«-«fA Melh., 157. and 158. ; Arrete-birut, or liugrane, Fr. ; Han- 



DeriiHilion '^Sakl to be from onoi, an ass ; because only asses would feed upon so prickly a plant. 

 Restharrow is a corruption of arrrs/, that is, stop, harrow ; from the long and deeply seated roots 

 opposing a serious impediment to the plough or harrow. 



Description. Suff ruticose plants, with, mostly, trifoliolate leaves ; and axillary 

 flowers, that in some are pedicellcd, and in some sessile; and yellow, pur- 

 plish, and red, or, rarely, white. The pedimcle is, in many instances, furnished 

 with 'an awn, which is the petiole of an abortive floral leaf. (Dec. Pro(l.,u. 

 n, 158.) Natives of Europe and Africa. Most of the .species we have enu- 

 merated may be treated as herbaceous plants ; but, being technicall}^ suffru- 

 ticose, we considered it proper not to^mit them. They are well adapted for 

 rockwork or flower-borders, on account of their lively flowers, some of 

 which are red, or reddish purple ; colours not frequently met with in the lig- 

 neous Leguminaceae, by far the greater part of which have yellow flowers. 

 They are readily propagated by seeds or by division, and will grow in any 

 soil that is tolerably dry. According to PUny and Dioscorides, the shoots 

 of Ononis are eaten pickled in brine, and the leaves are apjilied to ulcers. In 

 modern times, it is considered to be slightly aperient and diuretic, 

 a 1. O. FRUTico^SA L, The shrubby Restharrow. 



Identificaiion. Lin. Sp., 1010. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 167. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. IfiO. 



Engravings. N. Du Hani., 1. t. 58. ; Mill. Icon., t. 36. ; Bot. Mag.,t. 317. ; and owr Jig. 298. 



Spec. Char., ^'c. Shrubby. Leaves trifoliolate. Leaflets sessile, lanceolate, 

 serrated. Stipules connate into one, sheathing, and 4-awned; and, in the 

 uppermost parts of the plant, occupying the places of leaves which are 

 absent. Pedicels .'5-flowered, disposed in a raceme. (Dec Pro(l.,u. p. 161.) 



